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Marty Silk

Qld passes new health practitioners laws

Queensland is the first state to enact laws to boost federal regulation of health professionals. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Federal regulators can temporarily ban unregistered Queensland health practitioners and warn the public when practitioners are being probed or punished.

Queensland on Thursday became the first state to pass laws that give commonwealth watchdogs more power to regulate health professionals registered with the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme.

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